Ruban Nelson

Biographic Data

ID3886648
NAMERuban Nelson
GIVEN NAMESRuban
FAMILY NAMENelson
SIGNATURENELSON R
AFFILIATIONSCentre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy
ORCID0009-0006-8620-9551
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The moral-behavioural logic of silence

    Venkatesan Chakrapani, Suman Kanougiya et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Silence, the deliberate non-disclosure of HIV status - remains an overlooked yet central aspect of long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) survivorship. While disclosure is promoted as empowerment, such framings may neglect the gendered, relational, and institutional contexts in which non-disclosure occurs. We conducted in-depth interviews with 21 long-term ART users (10-22 years on treatment) in Tamil Nadu, India, and analysed narratives using st…

  • PrEP eligibility, HIV risk perception, and willingness to use PrEP among high-risk men who have sex with men in India

    Venkatesan Chakrapani, P A Newman et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is not yet included in India’s national AIDS program, with demonstration projects for MSM in planning stages. In order to support PrEP roll-out for MSM, we assessed: (1) associations between guideline-informed PrEP eligibility, HIV risk perception, and perceived PrEP benefits and costs, with willingness to use PrEP (WTUP); and (2) correlates of non-WTUP among PrEP-eligible MSM. Data were collected from MSM (n =…

  • Associations between sexual stigma, enacted HIV stigma, internalized HIV stigma and homonegativity, and depression

    Venkatesan Chakrapani, T Kershaw et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    Limited data is available on the associations between intersectional stigmas and mental health outcomes among men who have sex with men living with HIV (MSMLH) in India. The minority stress model postulates that sexual stigma contributes to depression through proximal stressors like internalized homonegativity (IHN). Using cross-sectional survey data from 119 MSMLH in 2015/16, we tested whether: (1) sexual stigma and enacted HIV stigma (EHS) are …

  • Affirming and negotiating gender in family and social spaces

    Venkatesan Chakrapani, Ayden I Scheim et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2022

    17 participants) and 10 in-depth interviews with transmasculine people in Mumbai and Chennai. Data analyses were guided by minority stress theory and the gender affirmation model. Within family, the pressure to conform to assigned gender roles and gender policing usually began in adolescence and increased over time. Some participants left parental homes due to violence. In educational settings, participants described the enforcement of gender-nor…

  • Willingness to Use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Preferences Among Men Who have Sex with Men in Mumbai and Chennai, India

    Open AccessVenkatesan Chakrapani, P A Newman et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Reducing sexual risk and promoting acceptance of men who have sex with men living with HIV in India

    Open AccessVenkatesan Chakrapani, Thilakavathi Subramanian et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2019

    HIV-positive men who have sex with men (HIV+MSM) in India need culturally-relevant interventions to promote safer sex. We tested a multi-level intervention among HIV+MSM that targeted individual, interpersonal, and community factors, based on the Social-Personal and Social Ecological Models. We conducted a 2 × 2 factorial RCT with 119 HIV+MSM randomised to receive either an individual-level intervention (ILI) using motivational interviewing to pr…

  • Like Holding an Umbrella Before It Rains

    Open AccessVenkatesan Chakrapani, P A Newman et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2017Cited by: 1References: 39

    Topical rectal microbicides (RMs) are a new prevention technology in development that aims to reduce the risk of HIV acquisition from anal sex. We examined RM acceptability among men who have sex with men (MSM) in India. We conducted a qualitative exploratory study guided by a modified Technology Acceptance Model, with 10 focus groups ( n = 61) of MSM and 10 key informant interviews. Data were explored using framework analysis. RM acceptability w…

  • If It’s Not Working, Why Would They Be Testing It?”

    Open AccessVenkatesan Chakrapani, P A Newman et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Evidence-informed interventions that engage with shared mental models among potential trial volunteers, along with policies and funding mechanisms that ensure local access to products that demonstrate efficacy in trials, may support the safe and ethical implementation of HIV vaccine trials in India